{
        struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
 
+       if (!(chip->options & NAND_BBT_SCANNED)) {
+               chip->options |= NAND_BBT_SCANNED;
+               chip->scan_bbt(mtd);
+       }
+
        if (!chip->bbt)
                return chip->block_bad(mtd, ofs, getchip);
 
 
        /* Check, if we should skip the bad block table scan */
        if (chip->options & NAND_SKIP_BBTSCAN)
-               return 0;
+               chip->options |= NAND_BBT_SCANNED;
 
-       /* Build bad block table */
-       return chip->scan_bbt(mtd);
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**
 
 #define NAND_CREATE_EMPTY_BBT          0x01000000
 
 /* Options set by nand scan */
+/* bbt has already been read */
+#define NAND_BBT_SCANNED       0x40000000
 /* Nand scan has allocated controller struct */
 #define NAND_CONTROLLER_ALLOC  0x80000000